Exercise 73. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Some of the students (speak, never) ……………………

English before they came here last fall.

2. Μσ passport (staςp) ..........................at the airport when I arrived.

3. Μσ seventy-year-old grandfather, who owns his own business, (continue, probaάly) ……………………………. to work as long as he (live)……………………. .

4. I (live) ……………….. with my parents until Ican find an apartment to buy.

5. I arrived here in August 2009. Βσ August 2019, I (άε) …………………… here for ten years.

6. Do you know the man who (sit) ……………………….in the brown leather chair?

7. Many of the goods that (produce)………………..since the beginning of the twentieth century are totally machine-made.

8. I (know)………………..Beth for six years. When I (meet) _

 

her, she (work) ………………………in ΰ law office.

9. I don't know why the food service has to bε so slow. We (stand) ……………………..here in the cafeteria line for over half an hour, and there (bε) ……………………..still ΰ lot of people in front of us.

10. Hurry up, Anna! We (wait) …………….. for you.

11. You should turn your lights on. It (get) ………..… dark.

12. Mrs. ΜρΚΰσ (give, already)……………………….birth to the child bσ the time her husband arrived at the hospital.

13. The large dormitory (destroy, completely) ………………. bσ fire last week. Since all of the students (go) ……………………….

holidays, there was no loss of life.

14. Ever since I can remember, mathematics (be) ……………….. my favorite subject.

15. It's ΰ funny story. I'll tell you the details when I (call) …………………….. you tomorrow.

16. What (happen) …………………. to you since she (leave)?

17. Well, dear, what you (do) …………………..all day long? You (look) …………………. tired. Ρξmε and sit here by the fire.

18. Come in and join us. We (have) ………………… tea and (watch) ………………TV.

19. When I (get) ……………. to the station, I (learn) …………….that the train (leave) ……………… a few minutes before.

20. When we (reach) …………… the wood, we (find) …………… that a party of strangers (occupy) …………………..the spot which we (choose) for our picnic.

21. This train (be) ………..always late!

22. A: How is your English?

B: Not bad. It (get) …………..better.

23. It (rain) ………………….every day since we (come)…………. here.

24. You (listen)………………to music in the car?

25. Water (change)………………….. into ice when the temperature (drop)………………….. below zero.

26. We (see) ………………your brother a week ago, but we (not/see) ……………………him since then.

27. We (go)……………out most evenings.

28. I usually (not enjoy) ……… parties.

29. I usually (finish) …………. work at six o’clock, and it (take) ……..…..me ten minutes to walk home.

30. A: What’s that noise?

B: It’s Jude. He (play) …………. the trumpet.